Number Chains – November 26, 2012 Links

This new, regular feature on NHLNumbers will share interesting stats-related posts from around the web almost every day.

Welcome to edition number 16 of the rebooted Number Chains. In this space you will be able to find the best analytical hockey writing from around the internet on a close-to-daily basis. Subject matter will include statistical evaluation, financial analysis, contractual issues, and (sometimes) closely-related tangential works. If you have something you would like to submit for a future edition (your writing or that of someone else) feel free to send it to me via Twitter @JoshL1220 or leave a comment.

A veteran told me a few days ago: “Put yourself in our shoes. What if your bosses at the Sun said you had to take a 25% pay cut. How would you like that?”

My reply? I wouldn’t. But if I made 70 grand, and they told me I was suddenly going to get half that, I’d sign the deal. I’d have to. I’d like to dig my heels in, but us people in the other working world don’t have the comfort of doing that.

Pretty sure I can’t just go and get a job writing for a paper in Europe, either. Nor can the best in my business.

It gets better.

Open the doors to people who will truly appreciate the job, guys who won’t mind fixing the problems your mismanagement will inevitably create.

The Feb.25 NHL Trade Deadline is fast-approaching and the rumours are running rampant. From Wayne Simmonds trade speculation to the latest on Matt Duchene, the NHL Rumour Roundup brings you the latest updates and speculation from around the hockey world. Wayne Simmonds being traded? Twitter went into a frenzy this week when a Philadelphia beat…